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THE

HONGKONG

TELEGRAPH.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER

16, 1936.

EUROPEAN GIRL'S

"KING OLAF"

REBELS ATTACK ON

ESCAPE

LORRY COLLIDES

WITH RICKSHA

,

Hongkong Singers' Fine Work

of

WIDE FRONT .

(Continued from Page 1)

captured, the rebels, thrusting for- ward in this sector to within 25 miles of Madrid during the past 24 hours

over

Those who were fortunate enough

It is claimed the Leftists aban- to be, present at.last night's per- the

150 dead and "King Olar"

two and doned formance

machine-guns, with considerable am- Accompanying works by Elgar, and munition, lit the fight for Alden del presented by the Hongkong Singers, Fresno-United Press. were unreserved in their praise of every aspect of the programme,

An Incident opposite the Star Ferry wharf, Hongkong, on morning of October 7, when a lorry enllies with a ricksha and narrow- ly missed knocking down a European Karl, had a sequel before Me, W. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy this morning, when Tang Kwong- shut, driver of lorry No. 3517, ap- peared on a summons for driving without due care and caution.

Trafle Sergeant Kelly said that abou a a.m. on Uglover 7 detendant won driving his lorry along Con- naught Road Centrai from west to east. On approaching the Star Ferry there was a bug, walking to pick up passengers, and defendant's forry

was a

over,

Mary

The concert opened with Elgarion Fragenent Unch's popular Fun- insin and Futue in C Minor. Its bril- Hancy pleased the audience, and the exploitation of nearly every known device makes it one of Elgar's nest works,"

musical

Evacuation Forced

With Loyalists at Navalcarnero,

Oct. 18. Artillery and aerial bombardment bas forced the loyalists to evacuate' Navas del Rey, Simuloneously it is learned that the rebels tured Mentrieda, 27 miles south- west of Madrid. It is expected that un-the attackers will now push eastward,

17oited Press.

was

have cap

Shoot Comrades

men-

The four introductory and accompanied works by Elior, Hght shot out and attempled to pass be-

and emotional, formed an ideal set- tween the trac post, und the

ting for the stark tragedy of the entrance to the ferry. In co. doing,

main feature which was to follow, i the lorry collided with

Madrid. Oct, 18. n public

"Feasting 1 Watch," expressed in a ricksha, knocking the coolic

musical

the grandeur

and Loyalist officers, seasoned fighters, and injuring his feet, and also

thoughtful piensantness of the uni- have withstood the withering boan- narrowly missed hitling Misa

verse, and employed the use of one burdment of Navalcarnero, Joy Parsons, who was on her way

central there sung in turn by the while shooting their inexperienerd to school. Mr. W. H. B. Muskett

cumrades to force them to resist the men's and women's voices. This

rebels and assist the defence of this followed by."Evening Scene,' a witness of the Incident, De-

a quiet tendant stopped his lorry further composition, the

the sopranos carrying fat, which is tantamount to the

defence the wavering melody over the sonor on, and took the injured evolle to

Madrid itself.-United Press. hospital. after which be reported

Wenty Rts bass accompaniment. the accident.

Wind of the West," expressing in a musical sense the coining and pass- ing of a storm, and the oppressive the silence following, and "Death on Hills," a plaintive choral suggesting the women and children of a small 'mountain village plending with the

spirit of Death to spare their lives, ¦ ended the introductory section.

Mr. Muskeli sold that opinion the speed of the Jurry must have been between twenty twenty-five miles an hour,

and

Serpant Kelly desi that de- fendant was fined $10 last week for obstruction in Stubbs Rond, and the Ane lind nal been

Bald.

Mr. Schonel imposed n ne of

$25, in default, three weeks' hard $43, m Jabour, on defendant, and a further ten days in default of his fine the Mr. Schoteld also previous week. directed that the owner of the lorry should

$2 pay the richsha coolle amends.

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M. A. Cairns, driver of private cur No. 1800, was fined $5 on sum- Ice mon for leaving his car in House Street from 2.30 p.m. to 2.45 p.m. on October .

SERIOUS CHARGE

TWO WOMEN APPEAR

IN COURT

Li Chung, 34, mistress of a pro- stitutes' boarding house at No. 217 Queen's Road West, third floor, and Chan Chan, altas Lin Hing, 27, mar- ried woman, appeared before Mr. W. Schofield, at the Central Magistracy this morning, and pleaded not guilty to a charge of exercising control over a prostitute, Tam Ting, for the pur- pose of gain on October 9 and on olher dates,

Inspector Ellis, of the S.C.A., sald the girl, who, was 18 years of nge, had been living with her mother at a Canton up to September 8, when she was missing. Her mother eventually found out that a woman, Ang Ngol, a friend of her daughter's, had taken the girl

to Hongkong. The mother came to Hongkong und found her dauginter on September 14, and took her to the police.

The girl alleged that Ang Ngul brought her to Hongkong on Septem-

ber

.

MAIN WORK

The Scandinavian Sagu, "King Olaf," opened with a melodie orches

al introduction, played primarily as accompaniment to sinister oboc salo, rushing on to pass the melody to the cello, ant anally to the brass which opened the Singer's explanu tory prologue 121 2001 Impressive

manager,

In

writing this. Suga, Elgor ex-

of

FRANCE QUERIES

BELGIAN POLICY

(Continued from Page 1)

will be no repudiation on Belgium's part-Reuter,

FAVOURABLE RECEPTION

Home, Oct. 10 favourably received here

King Leopold's announcement was

Well-informed circles feel Dot- gium's new attitude desire to follow a Ture foreign policy, thus

TO CONSULT BRITAIN

Paria, Oct. 10.

reveals her realistic approaching 10 mare closely the politient line passed the wish that the chorus followed by Shenor Benito Mussolla), should approximate as nearly 13.9 ---Reuter, possible All ancient group of bards that toured with their lead- and accompanied their stories, background Lipon supplying the which the principal singers' stories were built. The three soloists were to assume different roles at different stages of the saga, so that Irene Anderson Miller sang the parts of Gudrun, Sigrid and Thyri, Edgar Warner sang the parts of Olaf only, and Victor Sanders the parts of Thor and Ironbeard,

Edgar Wamer more than did him- self justice last night, attacking the high notes with a gusto which many people thought he lacked in his last Concert at the Helenu May, The extreme intricacies of

of time

valent in this composition pre-!

it is understood the French Goverti- meni will consult Great Britain with regard to the course to be taken as a result of the Belgian declaration of neutrality. It is believed conversa- tions will also be begun with the Beldan Government with regard to Its attitude

ta now Western European paci.-Reuter,

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did. not bother him, and his ability to strike out a high note with absolutely no accompaniment, stood as an achieve- ment by itself. Irene Anderson Miller and Victor Sanders gave

out-

London, Oct. 15. standing performances, and with the assistance of the large and thorough-Research ship William Scoresby will It is announced that the Royal ly trained chorus, obly led by Mr. Leave S1. Katherine Dock, London, Anderson Miller, and Hongkong's it a few days' time to continue her kiest orchestra, led by Miss Prue whale-marking operations in the Lewis, the night's entertainment was Antarctic. She will touch at Dakar

and Cane

Capetown and Ca

and will then proceed the to the ice edge in The final concert will be given to-south-cust defen-

vicinity of Enderby Land, working morrow evening at 9:15 at the China on this and other whaling grounds Fleet Club, the proceeds going to St. John Ambulance Association to be as the distribution of whales.renders. desirable. She will not touch land used to help tubercular patients in

again until the end of the whaling the Cheung Chau Hospital.

season in March.

made one of the highest quality. on the pretence that she was

to learn to iron and wash clothes. Ang Ngoi took her to first dant's address,

which was a pro- About 8 stitutes Jodging house. hm. that day, second defendant cuil- ed at the house, and after conversa- tion with first defendant, took her to 182 Queen's Road West, second floor, where the girl alleged the woman left her with a man.

She was, paid $2.20, of which she gave second defendant $1.20 and first defendant Bity cents. The girl alleged this happened on the three following nights. The girl also sold that she was quite at herty to leave the house if she wanted to.

The woman, Ang Ngoi, said Inspector Ellis, had left for Canton two days later.

Mr. Schofield fxed Bearing of the case for 2.30 p.m. on October 23, de- fendants being allowed bail in $300 cach.

ELECTRICITY'S

GROWTH

BRITISH FIGURES SHOW TREND

London, Oct. 15. Some, interesting Ogures showing the steady growth in the use of electricity are given in the report lust issued of the Electricity Coin- missioners."

Last year, there was inereuse of 13 per cent. In the number of con- sumers, bringing the total to over 0,901,000. Suley of electricity amounted to 13,030,000,000 units.

The importance of electric, supply undertakings in the economy the country is shown by the fact that salaries and wages paid totalled

£12,300,572,--British Wireless.

FINE WEATHER

of

The anticyclone has spread cast- ward and now extends from S.W. China to Central Japan. An area of relatively low pressure remains to the cast of North Luzon. The ty-: phoon appears to be filling up. Locul forecast:-N.E. winds, moderate to fresh; fine.

CLIPPER AT MIDWAY

Shanghal; Oct. 10. The Hawaiian Clipper, with “Bud” Eking, round-the-world racer aboard, landed at Midway Island at pm Pacific Standard Time to-day- United Press.

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FIXTURES CANCELLED

Craigengower Cricket Club an- nounce that their non-league cricket ixtures for October 17, and October 24, for First, and Second XI, with the IR.C. and the H.K.C.C. respectively are unavoidably cancelled.

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